Christian Today staff writer

• Charity Commission to question Kenneth Copeland Ministries UK over 'flu' video

  In the controversial video released on January 31, Copeland says: 'Listen, partners. We don't have a flu season. We've got a duck season, a deer season, but we don't have a flu season.

• Nigeria bishops say government can't or won't protect Christians from Fulani terrorists

  Catholic bishops in Nigeria have told the country's president Muhammadu Buhari his government is 'incapable or unwilling' to protect citizens from attacks by Fulani herdsmen.

• Afghan asylum seeker gets life for murdering Christian convert

  An asylum seeker in Germany has been handed a life sentence for stabbing to death a fellow Afghan who had converted to Christianity.

• Campolo, Claiborne promote Lynchburg event protesting 'toxic evangelicalism'

  Progressive evangelicals and others will be putting on an event described as a 'Red Letter Revival' in Lynchburg, Virginia.

• CofE backs campaign to reduce food waste

  The government should take steps to tackle food poverty and take steps to minimies food waste, according to the Church of England.

• Pope Francis is 'ready to go to Iraq', Chaldean patriarch says

  Pope Francis has said he is 'ready to go to Iraq', according to a Patriarch of the Chaldean Church.

• Anglicans back Pope Francis's day of fasting for Congo and South Sudan

  Anglican leaders are backing a call from Pope Francis for a worldwide day of fasting and prayer for the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan.

• Pakistan has banned Valentine's Day – and it's not the only country where February 14 is problematic

  The celebration of Valentine's Day has been banned for the second year in a row in Pakistan after a court ruled the holiday to be un-Islamic. The country is one amongst several keen to resist the day.

• John Hooper: the radical Puritan preacher burned for his faith

  On this day in 1555, passionate Puritan and English Reformer John Hooper was burned at the stake for heresy. He faced his death with courage, refusing to recant his views.

• 'Spectacular' 2nd century Roman mosaic uncovered in Caesarea, Israel

  The largest conservation and reconstruction project ever undertaken in Israel has uncovered a rare, multicoloured mosaic from the Roman period, in Caesarea National Park.

• Rome's Colosseum to be lit in blood red for persecuted Christians

  Rome's ancient Colosseum is to be lit in red later this month to highlight the plight of persecuted Christians around the world.

• Seven church leaders in Sudan fined for resisting government

  Seven church leaders in Sudan were fined this week charged with 'objection to the authorities', as Christian protest over state confiscation of churches continues.